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- From: moniot@dsm.dsm.fordham.edu (Robert Moniot)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
- Subject: cannot unmount /usr to run fsck
- Message-ID: <MONIOT.92Dec15173903@dsm.dsm.fordham.edu>
- Date: 15 Dec 92 22:39:03 GMT
- Sender: news@cs.columbia.edu (The Daily News)
- Organization: Fordham University/CLC, Division of Science and Math
- Lines: 25
- In-Reply-To: wrat@unisql.UUCP's message of 15 Dec 92 17:38:48 GMT
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- We are running AIX 3.2.2. I would like to use fsck to fix some
- problems with the /usr partition. Of course, /usr has to be unmounted
- in order for fsck to make changes. But /usr cannot be unmounted
- because /bin, where ksh (root's shell) is, has been symbolically
- linked to /usr/bin. Also /etc/fsck has been symbolically linked to
- /usr/sbin/fsck. The only fix I can see is to (a) copy /bin/ksh to
- someplace in the root partition, and change root's SHELL to be the
- copy, and (b) copy /etc/fsck there also. Then when running in
- maintenance mode, hopefully /usr will not be busy and can be
- unmounted.
-
- Before I do this, I'd like to know if anyone else has solved this
- problem, and (flame on) am I jumping to conclusions or is it
- brain-damaged for IBM to set the filesystems up this way? (flame off)
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- Bob Moniot
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